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303723 (v.2) Contemporary Issues in International Health 700


Area: Centre for International Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 8.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 
Individual Study: 1 x 8 Hours Weekly
 
Syllabus: Overview of the history and current activities of health organisations such as the Red Cross, Community Aid Abroad, AusAid, World Health Organisation and Medecins Sans Frontieres. Issues in disasters including natural history of disasters, strategies in disaster management and disaster epidemiology. Climate change and human health, the health impact of globalisation, the effects of militarism, sustainable development, conflicts between globalising industry and environmental protection, gender development perspectives and interventions.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 
Field of Education: 069900 Other Health (Narrow Grouping)
Funding Cluster: 06 - Computing, Built Environment, Health
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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